{"id":498,"date":"2025-02-12T14:17:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T12:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/childhood-conference-xi\/?page_id=498"},"modified":"2026-03-23T12:02:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T10:02:49","slug":"scientific-committee-of-the-conference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/childhood-conference-xi\/scientific-committee-of-the-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientific &amp; Organizing Committee of the Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/childhood-conference-xi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/499\/2025\/02\/UEF_yleiskuva-9487pienennetty-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-506\" style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/childhood-conference-xi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/499\/2025\/02\/UEF_yleiskuva-9487pienennetty-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/childhood-conference-xi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/499\/2025\/02\/UEF_yleiskuva-9487pienennetty-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/childhood-conference-xi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/499\/2025\/02\/UEF_yleiskuva-9487pienennetty-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/childhood-conference-xi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/499\/2025\/02\/UEF_yleiskuva-9487pienennetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/childhood-conference-xi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/499\/2025\/02\/UEF_yleiskuva-9487pienennetty-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conference Coordinators:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Elina Weckstr\u00f6m<\/strong>\u200b, Head of Preventive Work<br>Educational Sciences, SOS Children&#8217;s Village<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Anna Kristiina Kokko<\/strong>, Postdoctoral Researcher<br>Educational Sciences, University of Eastern Finland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Members of the Scientific Committee:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Chair: Noora Heiskanen<\/strong>\u200b, Associate Professor<br>Educational Sciences (Early Childhood Special Education), University of Eastern Finland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Antti Malinen<\/strong>\u200b, University Researcher<br>History, Tampere University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Elina Weckstr\u00f6m<\/strong>\u200b, Head of Preventive Work<br>Educational Sciences, SOS Children&#8217;s Village<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hanna Lahtinen<\/strong>\u200b, University Lecturer<br>Psychology, University of Eastern Finland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jaana Juutinen<\/strong>\u200b, University Lecturer<br>Early Childhood Education, University of Oulu<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Laura Ortju\u200b<\/strong>, Doctoral Researcher, Senior Specialist<br>Nursing Science, University of Eastern Finland; Coordinating the Participation and Inclusion of Children, Young People and Families, Finnish National Agency for Education<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Liisa Karlsson\u200b<\/strong>, Senior University Lecturer<br>Educational Sciences, Educational Psychology, University of Helsinki<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sanna Mustasaari\u200b<\/strong>, Associate Professor<br>Law School, University of Eastern Finland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Susanne Yl\u00f6nen\u200b,<\/strong> University Teacher<br>Art Education and Art History, University of Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tuomas Laine-Frigren<\/strong>\u200b, Collegium Researcher<br>Turku Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Turku<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tuuli Pitk\u00e4nen<\/strong>\u200b, Research Manager,<br>Finnish Youth Research Society<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Virve Ker\u00e4nen<\/strong>\u200b, University Lecturer<br>Educational Sciences, University of Turku<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Members of the Organizing Committee:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Anna Kristiina Kokko<\/strong>, Postdoctoral Researcher<br>Educational Sciences, University of Eastern Finland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mirva Poikola<\/strong>, Postdoctoral Researcher<br>Educational Sciences, University of Eastern Finland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lotta Saariluoma<\/strong>, Project Researcher<br>Educational Sciences, University of Eastern Finland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kaisa Harju<\/strong>, PhD, University Teacher<br>Educational Sciences, University of Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kati Honkanen<\/strong>, Development Coordinator<br>Coordination of Child, Youth, and Family Participation, SOS Children&#8217;s Village<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Venla Eirola<\/strong>, Development Coordinator<br>Coordination of Child, Youth, and Family Participation, SOS Children&#8217;s Village<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conference Reviewers<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We gratefully acknowledge the valuable contributions of our reviewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Niina Gr\u00e5sten<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ari Haaranen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kati Honkanen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Virve Ker\u00e4nen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Siiri-Liisi Kraav<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hanna-Mari Lahtinen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tuomas Laine-Frigren<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aija Laitinen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leena Leinonen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marleena Mustola<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Laura Ortju<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Antti Paakkari<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mirva Poikola<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emilia Raatikainen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Susanna Riekkoniemi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sara Sintonen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tiina Timperi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Virve Valtonen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elina Viljamaa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elina Weckstr\u00f6m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hannu Westerinen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Susanne Yl\u00f6nen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conference Coordinators: Members of the Scientific Committee: Members of the Organizing Committee: Conference Reviewers: We gratefully acknowledge the valuable contributions of our reviewers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1209,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-498","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Scientific &amp; 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